Rangaraj Ramanujam
Associate Professor of Management
Subject Area(s):
Organization Studies, Health Care
Biography:
Professor Ramanujam is a leading researcher and consultant on the organizational causes and consequences of errors in high-risk work settings. His research has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Medical Care, Journal of Patient Safety and Journal of Organizational Behavior. Among his current research interests are leadership, organizational change and design in the context of patient safety in hospitals and operational risk in financial institutions.
Prior to joining Owen, Ramanujam served as assistant professor of management at Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, where he received several teaching awards and as a research fellow at the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering. He served as a research scientist at the Center of Excellence for Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice at the Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis and Area Marketing Manager for Standard Chartered Bank in India.
He has consulted for several organizations, such as the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative, Clarian Health Partners, the Indiana State Patient Safety Center, International Association of Holiday Inns and Sennheiser Corporation. In addition, his work has been presented at the meetings of the Academy of Management, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Production and Operations Management Society.
Ramanujam is currently an editorial board member of the Journal of Organizational Behaviors and the Stanford University Press book series on high reliability organizations. He also served as chair of the Academy of Management Board of Governors taskforce that reviewed the Institute of Medicine Report on Performance Measurement in Healthcare.
Education:
B.E., Anna University, Chennai, 1986
PGDM Indian Institute of Management,Calcutta, 1988
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2000
Course(s) Taught:
- MGT 441: Organization Design
- MGT 643: Doctoral Seminar in Organization Theory
- MGT 643d: Doctoral Seminar in Organizational Studies
- MGT 342: Leading Teams and Organizations
- MGT 459f: Health Care Organizations
Research Interest(s):
Organizational causes and effects of errors in high-risk work settings; Error-related communication and learning from errors; healthcare organizations.
Area(s) of Expertise:
Leadership and organizational change, organizational errors and high reliability, healthcare organizations
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